Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter’s old enough to take care of that herself.
CHARLES BARKLEYChristian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he’s been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
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I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
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I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.
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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you’ll be successful, and that’s not fair.
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He’s got to bring something stronger than that. That’s like bringing milk to a bar, it’s not strong enough
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
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Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they’re still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn’t do much for them.
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White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I’m sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they’re stupid.
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Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
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You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They’re old. Old people don’t get healthy. They die.
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I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, ‘Yeah. I’m going to retire.’ They said, ‘Well, we’ll give you $9 million.’ And I said, ‘You got a pen on you?’
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You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I’m the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.
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I was a Republican until they lost their minds.
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I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don’t, who will? Not other poor people, that’s for sure.
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